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Celebrating the 100th birthday of the kidney donated to him as a teenager

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  1. d_silin · · focus · HN ↗
    There is an observation that donated organs sync to a biological age of the recipient.

    <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.inc.com&#x2F;lucia-auerbach&#x2F;can-transplanted-heart-become-biologically-younger-harvard-study-suggest-it-can&#x2F;91411326" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.inc.com&#x2F;lucia-auerbach&#x2F;can-transplanted-heart-be...

    1. moffkalast · · focus · HN ↗
      So in theory you could keep an organ alive perpetually if you kept transplanting it every fifty or so years?
      1. f6v · · focus · HN ↗
        Speaking strictly theoretically, I don’t think “young” environment can help with telomere shortening.
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